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The King's Impossible Test
Commentators explain that King Nebuchadnezzar accuses his advisors of stalling for time. He believes they are using 'lying and corrupt words' to wait until his mood changes or the situation resolves itself. His demand is a test: if they can supernaturally reveal the forgotten dream, then he will know they can genuinely provide its interpretation.
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Daniel
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Albert Barnes
On Daniel 2:9
18th Century
Theologian
But if you will not make known to me the dream, there is but one decree for you—That is, you will share the same fate. You will all…
Charles Ellicott
On Daniel 2:9
19th Century
Bishop
There is but one decree.— He refers to the decree mentioned in Daniel 2:5, that both the dream and its interpretation mus…
John Calvin
On Daniel 2:7–9
16th Century
Theologian
Here the excuse of the Magi is narrated. They state the truth that their art only enabled them to discover the interpretation of a dream, but the k…
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John Gill
On Daniel 2:9
17th Century
Pastor
But if you will not make known unto me the dream For the present he does not insist upon the interpretation, only the dre…
Matthew Henry
On Daniel 2:1–13
17th Century
Minister
The greatest individuals are most susceptible to mental cares and troubles, which disturb their rest at night, while the sleep of the laboring pers…